Actor: William Shatner

William Shatner played James T Kirk across a television series and seven films, and the delivery, with its unusual emphasis and pauses, became one of the most imitated in television history.

The Wrath of Khan contains his best work in the role, playing a man confronting age and consequence, and the Khan shout is famous enough to be recognised without context.

He has been self-aware about the persona for decades, in Boston Legal and Priceline advertisements, and travelled to space at ninety, describing the experience as overwhelming and sad.